CVE-2017-7471

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    CVE-2017-7471

    Published: 9 Jul 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Quick Emulator (Qemu) built with the VirtFS, host directory sharing via Plan 9 File System (9pfs) support, is vulnerable to an improper access control issue. It could occur while accessing files on a shared host directory. A privileged user inside guest could use this flaw to access host file system beyond the shared folder and potentially escalating their privileges on a host.

    References: https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=9c6b899f7a46893ab3b671e341a2234e9c0c060e, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97970, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-03, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/19/2, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7471

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.9.0-rc0
    2.9.0-rc1
    2.9.0-rc2
    2.9.0-rc3
    2.9.0-rc4

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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